.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Manager of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for exceptional company to SPIE and also the optics area via job that advancements visual devices layout, involves trainees, as well as reveals the exhilaration of optics with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is actually an active factor to the optics neighborhood, having provided at countless events and also authored two magazines with SPIE Push, including Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Design as well as Study. Her interaction with the institution encompasses offering on conference course committees, the Nominating and Management Progression Board, and as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. Additionally, she has participated in the SPIE Education And Learning Board and the Gender Equity Commando, which intends to improve level playing fields and also awareness within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually dealt with a variety of imaging system designs, tolerancing, analyses, and also model analyses in compressed timeframes for both inner growth as well as outside customers. She received her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the College of Arizona. She presently functions as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry set." We are extremely pleased to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication and impactful additions to the optics area," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel as well as Chief Advertising & Sales Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating visual systems style as well as impressive the next generation of designers shows the innovation and also management we strive for at Edmund Optics.".